NUA MA Textile design reflective journal

Today i experimented with the CAD embroidery software. I started to doodle shapes inspired by the project and turned them into illustrator drawings ( as shown in the images). I then booked out the embroidery room for the day and converted my images onto the CAD Machine. There was a special feature that automatically converts my drawing into a stitch, which was very useful and less time-consuming. My drawing with the negative space was to be done on dissolvable fabric, and this created several issues in my sample. Firstly, the fabric stitching was too delicate so we needed to double layer it, and i was worried about the metallic stitching because the machine doesn’t take it well. However, i really want to incorporate metallic hues into my samples and it seemed to work well. After the sample had been stitched, i noticed there were a few gaps between the different shapes in the sample, so when the dissolvable fabric disappears, i was worried the sample would just break apart. Reflecting on this, i would like to carry on using the CAD embroidery in my samples, as i particularly enjoyed it during my BA studies. I admire the convenience of turning your drawings into stitched samples in a click of a button, this opens so many opportunities for future designs. I would love to embellish onto my stitched samples or even stitch onto printed fabric!